Job Summary

We are looking for an Optical Engineer with 3–5 years of experience in automotive exterior lighting design and development. The adecuado candidate will have hands-on experience in optical design, simulation, optimization, and testing of automotive headlamps and related lighting systems, including reflectors, lenses, light guides, and thick-wall optics.

Job Title: Optical Engineer – Automotive Exterior Lighting

Location: Puerto Interior, Mexico

Key Responsibilities

- Design and develop optical systems for automotive exterior lighting products, including headlamps, reflectors, lenses, light guides, and thick-wall optics.
- Develop and optimize optical designs to meet photometric performance, styling, packaging, thermal, and manufacturing requirements.
- Perform optical simulations, analyze results, identify performance gaps, and implement design improvements.
- Use optical simulation tools to evaluate light distribution, illumination performance, and optical efficiency.
- Validate optical performance through simulation, prototype testing, laboratory measurements, and vehicle-level evaluations.
- Conduct photometric measurements and analyze test results to ensure compliance with design requirements.
- Work closely with mechanical design, tooling, manufacturing, quality, and project teams to resolve optical design and production-related issues.
- Support concept development, feasibility studies, prototype builds, design release, tooling, and product industrialization.
- Translate customer requirements and applicable automotive lighting regulations into optical design targets.
- Prepare technical reports, simulation results, design documentation, and customer presentations.




- Support troubleshooting of optical performance issues during product development and production.

Required Technical Skills

- Strong knowledge of geometric optics, photometry, illumination principles, and automotive lighting systems.
- Hands-on experience in automotive exterior lighting optical design, particularly headlamps and related lighting functions.
- Experience designing or optimizing reflectors, lenses, light guides, thick-wall optics, or similar optical components.
- Practical experience with optical simulation software such as Ansys Speos, LucidShape, Zemax, or equivalent tools.
- Working knowledge of 3D CAD software such as CATIA, Siemens NX, SolidWorks, or Solid Edge.
- Understanding of optical materials, injection molding, surface quality, textures, tolerances, and manufacturing constraints.
- Knowledge of automotive lighting regulations and photometric requirements, including ECE, SAE, FMVSS, or CCC standards.
- Ability to correlate simulation results with prototype testing and physical measurements.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.

Education and Experience

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Optical Engineering, Physics, Photonics, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- 3–5 years of relevant experience in automotive lighting optical design, simulation, testing, or product development.
- Experience supporting optical products through concept development, prototyping, validation, design release, tooling, or industrialization is preferred.
- Experience with basic scripting or engineering analysis automation is an advantage.
- Ability to work onsite in Mexico and collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams.

📌 Optical Engineer – Automotive Exterior Lighting (Ciudad de México)
🏢 Intellectt
📍 Ciudad de México